Line-separating mechanism for line-casting machines.



D. PETRI-PALMEDO.

LINE SEPARATING MECHANISM FOR LINE CASTING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 23, I914.

1,172,309, Patented Feb. 22,1916.

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D. PETRl-PALMEDO.

LINE SEPARATING MECHANISM FOR LINE CASTING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED'OCT. 23. 1914.

1, 172,309. Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

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LINE SEPARATING MECHANISM FOR LINE CASTING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 23. 1914.

1,172,309. v Patented Feb. 22,1916.

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'D. PETRI-PALMEDO.

LINE SEPARATING MECHANISM FOR LINE CASTING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 23.4914.

1,172,309. Patented Feb. 22,1916.

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THE coLuMBu PLANOGRAPH 420.. WASHINGTON. n. c.

1,172,309. Patented Feb. 22,1916.

D. PETRI-PALMEDO.

LINE SEPARATING MECHANISM FOR LINE CASTING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 23.1914.

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srarns rairnnr DAVID PETRI-PALMEDO, OF BRIDGEPOBT, CONNECTZC'LTT, ASSIGNOR TO ELECTRIC COMPO SITOR COMPANY, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y., A CGRPOBATION OF NEW YORK.

LINE-SEI ABATING MEGHANISll-I FOR LINE-.CASTENGMACHINEEE.

"Specification of Letterslatent.

Patented Feb. 22,1916.

.Applicationfiled, ()ctober 23,1914. Serial No.- 868,175.

Se parating Mechanism for Line-Casting Machines, of which the following isva full, clear, and exact description.

This inventionis designed to be apart of a circulating matrix, type-barcasting machine, andiparticularly amachine of this sort-which utilizes matriceshavin laterally extended ears near their "tops, and space bands having supporting ears which are in a plane below said upper ears of the matrices when matrices and space bands are assembled to form a line.

The object ofthe invention is-to separate the ma'trices and space bands in such-a line, and to deliver the space bands to their magazine, and the matricesto the second elevator by which they will be carried and delivered to the matrix distributing mechanism.

The invention consists in-the construction and combinations of parts shown in the appended drawing, and hereinafter described and definitely set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a front elevation of those parts of a circulating matrix line casting: machine which has to do with the present invention. Fig. 2 is atransverse vertical section in the plane of line 22, on Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan in the plane oi line 33 on Fig. 1. Fig. t is a front elevation ofthe mechanism which is shown in l ig. 3 with some of the parts broken away. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional *iew of certainparts in-theplane of line on Fig. l. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the first elevator. Fig. 7 is afside view of one of the spacebands adapted to be used in the machine.

Referring to the parts by reference characters, 10 represents the so-called "first elevator. This is a vertically movable device constructed so that it maysupport an assembled line of anatrices and space bands while a type bar is beingcast from it. This elevator maybe supported and guided by any suitable means; for example, itmay shave ivertical gui-de ribs fgle s which =sli'de in -guideways behind sjibs 10.

This elevator includes what may beltermed two horizontal supporting rails 10, 10, suitably separated,

and having in their opposed faces the grooves 10, l0 ,1tor the reception of the upper ears m of the matrices M; and other opposed grooves 10', 10", for the reception of the lower ears m oi. thematrices and also of the earss of the space bands S, which space bands, as shownin Fig. '7, have only the two cars which are adapted zto enter these llower grooves.

12, 12 representthe transfer rails which are=fixed to a part of-theframework of the machine; and these rails communicate directly with the space band magazine 13. When the space bands suspended frointheir ears rest upon these rails, they may be pushed-along the rails directly into the so called space band-magazine. Theserails are located-onebehind the other, and such a distance apart that the space bands may pass between them WhllelthB ears m and 8 project over and mayengage thetopedge of said rails. V

The second elevator 14 is also vertically movable, and may be: moved up and down on two guide rods l l by suitable mechanism. This elevator includes two downwardlv extended matrix suspending-rails 14E suitably spaced, and havinc; int-heir opposed faces, and extending from one end to the other thereof, the horizontal grooves 1 which the upperears'of the matricesmayenter.

lower-grooves 10 are alined with the upper edges of the transfer rails 12. hen the first elevator reaches this position, the

second elevator is down, anditsrails 1 lare over the transferrails, and lnSllCll position relative tothefirst elevator that the grooves 10 and 1% are alined. and the adjacent ends otthe rails 10 and l t are in substantial contact.

-A line transi er-slide 1 5, and aspa-ce-hand transfer slide 16 aremounted in guideways inthe fixed frameworkof the machine, so

' that they tare mom-polled, ewhenthey move,

to move horizontally to right or left. The line transfer slide has an offset upwardly extended pusher arm 15 of such size and shape that it may extend up between the two rails 10 of the first elevator and engage the left end matrix of the line therein.

The space band transfer slide 16 has a pusher arm 16 which is pivoted to it on a vertical pivot, and this arm is under the influence of a spring 16 which acts to move said pusher arm to the position shown in Fig. 3, where it extends forward so that it may engage the left space band of those which are supported on the transfer rails. This pusher arm projects through a slot 12 in one of the transfer rails 12. When the slide 16 is movingtoward the left end of its path, thispivoted pusher arm will engage the left end of the slot 12 and will thereby be swung backward to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, in which position it is behind the path in which the matrix line travels in moving into the second elevator and along the transfer rails.

When the first elevator has reachedthe top of its path of travel, the second elevator is at the bottom of its path of travel, and both transfer slides are at the left ends of their paths. The line transfer slide 15 is the first of the described-parts to begin to move; and itmoves to the right, pushing the line of matrices and space bands ahead of it,- the upper ears of the matrices entering the grooves 14 of the second elevator, and the ears of the space bands (and the lower ears of the matrices) going over the transfer rails 12. W hen the line transfer slide reaches the right end of itspath, it stays there until the first elevator has gone down. The second elevator, immediately after the matrices have passed into its embrace, begins its upward movement, carrying up the matrices, and leaving the space bands behind on the transfer rails. As the second elevator begins its upward movement, the space band transfer slide 16 begins its movement to the right. The pivoted pusher arm 16 will be freed from the restraining action of the end of the slot- 12, and will swing forward into such position that it may engage the left one of the space bands suspended on the transfer rails. As this slide continues its movement to the right, this pusher arm will push the space bands along the transfer rails. and into the space band magazine 13. lVhile the particular form of this magazine is no part of the present invention, it might be said that this magazine, as shown, is substantially like that which is fully described in my copending application Serial No. 842,859, filed June 4, 1914:. It consists of two parallel rails 13 having inclined grooves 13 in their opposed faces,the upper entrance end to said grooves being alined with the said transfer rails. Suitable escapement mechanism is to be provided for holding the space bands in this magazine, and for releasing them one by'one as required;

lVhen the second elevator has reached the top of its path it stays there long enough for of its path, until these parts reach the first described positions in which they will be found when the first elevator again moves up, bringing another assembled line of matrices and space bands. V V

What mechanism is employed for moving the first elevator, 10 up and down is of no importance to the present invention- It might even be moved. by hand. It is, however, desirable that the arrival of the first elevator at the top of its path shall be immediately followed by the described sequential movement of the other parts; and, as will appear-later, means are provided for securing this result.

The particular mechanism shown for causing the second elevator ll to move up down is not essential to the present invention, although it is desirable that the mech anism employed for this purpose shallbegin to perform its functions immediately after the matrices of a line have been moved into the embrace of the second elevator.

In the construction shown, the linetransand fer slide 15 is fixed to one leg of a sprocket 7 chain 32, which runs over adriven sprocket wheel 31, and an idler sprocket wheel 38 The sprocket wheel 31 IS l lXQCl to a shaft 30,

which is turned in one direction or the other of the train is engaged by the teeth of a roclzing gear segment :27 which is loosely pivoted on a fixed stud 28. is swung down, it will, through said train of gearing, cause the upper leg of the sprocket chain to move to the right, and thereby cause the line transfer slide 15 to move with it in the samedirection, thereby pushing the line from the first elevator and causing the matrices to enter the second elevator, and the space bands to slide onto the transfer rails. "When this gear segment swings up these movements are reversed. segment is caused to rock back and forth in the desired manner-rafter the first elevator has reached the top of its path by mechanism, which, as before stated, is very like the mechanism shown and described in Let- ,m y h sever by aeenetant ic rire v nn When this gear segment The gear Kin 24, and a worm wheel 21 which is engaged thereby and fixed to the sleeve 21. Adjacent to this sleeve 21, for the purpose of connecting it and the cam shaft when this is required and for automatically disconnecting them when the cam shaft has made one complete revolution, is a clutch sleeve 25 and associated devices substantially like the clutching mechanism shown and described in said prior patent. This clutch sleeve has a sliding tongue and groove connection with the shaft. it carries at one end jaws 25 for engagement with clutch jaws 21 on the sleeve 21. There is a spring 25 for moving the clutch sleeve in the clutching direction. This sleeve has in its surface a cam groove 25 adapted to receive a pin 26 which, by enthe cam groove as the sleeve is rotated, will cause the sleeve to move endwise in the unclutching direction, and thereby carry its jaws out of engagement with the jaws 21 by the time the cam shaft has made one complete revolution. The cam shaft carries a grooved cam 22. A lever 40, which is pivoted on the same stud 28, as that on which the gear segment 27 is pivoted, carries a roller i0 which engages in the groove of the cam This lever T0 comprises two parallel side members f0 and a cross bar d0" which extends between them and passes beneath the gear segment 27- 21s this lever is swung upward by the cam 22 this cross bar, by engaging the gear segment, will swing it upwar There is fixed to the gear segment and projecting downward from the supporting aXis thereof an arm 2., between which and a spring seat 41, carried by the left end of the lever sit), a stiff spring 42 is compressed. This spring is normally unyielding Wherefore when the lever i0 is swung downward, it will push through this spring against the depending arm 27 and will t erefore rock the gear segment, causing it to move downward. Although this spring 42 is normally unyielding, as stated, it will yield in case the line transfer slide-15 meets with any unusual resistance, as, for example, if the line gets stuck.

There is a rock shaft 8% mounted on the framework of the machine having two arms 34 349, one of which, projects into a notch in the pin 26, while the other is extended to a position where it will be engaged by a stud 10 carried by the first elevator, whereby, when the first elevator has reached the top of its path, this rock shaft will have been rocked and the pin will have been withdrawn from the cam groove 25 in the sleeve 25. This, as before stated, will result, through the described mechanism, in causing the cam shaft to be connected with the rotating sleeve 21, whereby said cam shaft will begin to rotate. Before one complete revolution has been finished, the first eleva- -..t.or;.should. be moved down.anghtherebythe pin will be allowed to reenter the cam groove in the clutch sleeve 25, and this, as before stated, will result in unclutching the cam shaft from sleeve when the cam shaft has completed one revolution. During this single revolution of the cam shaft, the line transfer slide 15 will have been moved to the right to the end of its path, and then back again to its starting position. The cam which controls the movement of the gear segment 27 and therefore of the line transfer slide, is so shaped that when the transfer slide has reached the right end of its path, it will there be held for an appreciable time, during which the second elevator will have started up, and the first elevator should go down so that it will not interfere with the leftward movement of the said slide 15.

The mechanism for moving the second elevator 14 up and down may have any suitable construction. It may, for example, be like the elevator moving mechanism which is fully shown and described in Letters Patent No. 1,080,569. Therefore it has not been thought necessary to show in the attached drawing any more than the upper sprocket wheel which is to be turned backward and forward at the proper times by said old mechanism, the sprocket chain 36 to which the second elevator is attached, the

lower sprocket wheel 37 which is turned by said sprocket chain, and the pin 38 which controls the action of the clutch sleeve 39 which is also indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Associated with this pin, however, is certain specifically novel mechanism by which the pin is moved at the proper time in the direction required to allow the clutch sleeve to act and in the direction for drawing the said clutch sleeve out of action.

The cam shaft 23 which, during each revolution, causes the back and forth movement of the line transfer slide 15, carries a disk 43 to which a tappet pin l-t is fixed. A rock shaft 46. which. for convenience. is tubular and is rotatably mounted on the rock shaft 3 has two arms 47 and 48. One of these has an inclined surface which projects into the path of said tappet pin so that when the cam shaft has reached the proper part of its single revolution, this lever will be lifted as the tappet pin engages and passes it. This will, of course, rock the rock shaft 46, whereby the other arm 48, which, at its end, is pivoted to the lower end of the vertically movable rod 49, will pull said rod down. The upper end of this rod is connected with a lever 50 which carries the pin 38, which, as before stated. controls the clutch sleeve 39. The downward movement of the rod 49 therefore withdraws this pin from disengagement with the clutch sleeve, whereupon the shaft 51 will. make one complete revolution, during which the secpnd elevator: .willimove .-.t. o its. -npnerraost position, and will there be held long enough for the matrices which it carries to be removed from it and transferred to the dis tributing rail, and will move down to its lowest position.

The inecl'ianism for moving the space band transfer slide 16 consists of a train of reducing gears, of which the driving gear 58 is fixed to shaft 54 to which the sprocket wheel 87'is fixed, and the terminal gear 55 engages rack teeth on the lower edge of said slide 16. This slide will therefore move to the right as the second elevator goes up and to the left as the second elevator goes down. It is so moved by the same mechanism which moves the second elevator.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a circulating matrix typographic machine, the combination of transfer rails, a space band magazine with which said rails communicate, a vertically movable first elevator, a vertically movable second elevator, a line transfer slide, and a space band transfer slide, with mechanism adapted to be set in operation by the first elevator for moving the line transfer slide, and mechanism adapted to be set in operation by said line transfer slide operating mechanism, for simultaneously moving the second elevator and the space band transfer slide. 2. In a circulating matrix typographlc machine, the combination of transfer rails, a

space band magazine which is in communicaticn with the transfer rails, a vertically movable second elevator, a space band transfer slide movable in a path parallel with said transfer railsand having an arm for engagement with the space bands which lie between and are suspended from the transfer rails, means for raising and lowering said second elevator, and mechanism operatively connected with the elevator moving mechanism for simultaneously moving said space band transfer slide.

3. In a circulating matrix typographic machine, the combination of transfer rails, a space band magazine which is in communication with the transfer rails, a vertically movable second elevator, a space band transfer slide movable in a path parallel with said transfer rails and having an arm for engagement with the space bands which lie between and are suspended from the transfer rails. an upper driving sprocket wheel, a lower driven sprocket wheel, a chain belt running over said sprocket wheels and connected with said elevator, and mechanism driven by the lower sprocket for moving the space band transfer slide.

In a circulating matrix typographic machine, the combination of transfer rails,

a space band magazine which is in com munication with the transfer rails, a vertically movable second elevator, a. space ously moving the back and forth.

7. In a circulating matrix typographic band transfer slide movable in a path parallel with said transfer rails and having an.

arm for engagement with the space bands which lie between and are suspended from the'transfer rails, mechanism for raising and lowering said elevator, mechanism intermediate of said space band transfer slide and the elevator moving mechanism com pelling the slide to move synchronously with the elevator toward thespace band magazine when the elevator goes up and in the reverse direction when the elevator goes down.

5. In a. circulating matrix typographic machine, the combination of transfer rails,

sprocket wheel, said space band transfer by the 1 slide having a rack which is engaged terminal gear of said train of gears.

G. In a circulating matrix'typographic machine, the combination of transfer rails, a space band magazine with which said rails communicate, a vertically movable first elevator, a vertically movable second elevator, a line transfer slide, and a space band'transfer slide, mechanism adapted to be set in operation by the upward movement of the first elevator, for moving the line transfer slide, and mechanism adapted to be set in.

operation by a part of the line transfer slide operating mechanism for movin the second elevator up and down and for simultanespace-band transfer slide machine, the combination of transfer rails, a space band magazine with which said rails communicate, a first elevator having two depending parallel rails which are grooved to adapt them to support a line of matrices and space bands, which elevator is capable of moving up to a position in which grooves in its rails are alined with the transfer rails, a second elevator having two depending grooved matrix supported rails, which elevator is adapted to occupy a position above the transfer rails, with its grooves alined with grooves in the first elevator. two transfer slides, viz. a line transfer slide having an upwardly extended arm adapted to engage the line in the first elevator and to push it out of the same onto said transfer rails and into the embrace of the second elevator, and a space band transfer slide adapted to push the space bands resting on the transfer rails along the same and into the space band magazine, and mechanism for moving the line transfer slide in the functioning direction and then back to the starting position, and mechanism which begins to operate when the line transfer slide has completed its functioning movement for simultaneously moving the second elevator up and the space band transfer slide toward the space band magazine.

8. In a circulating matrix typographic machine, the combination of two parallel t 'ansfer ails, a space band magazine with which said rails communicate, a first elevator having two depending parallel rails, the opposed faces of each are formed with two pairs of parallel grooves, which elevator is capable of moving up to a position in which the lower grooves in its rails are alined with the transfer rails, a second elevator having two depending grooved matrix supporting rails, which elevator is adapted to occupy a position in which its rails are above the transfer rails and the grooves in its rails are alined with the upper grooves of the rails of the first elevator, two transfer slides movable in parallel paths, viz. a line transfer slide having a line engaging arm, which slide is adapted to push a line out of the first elevator to a position such that the matrices enter the embrace of the second elevator and the space bands become supported by the transfer rails, and a space band transfer slide having an operating arm adapted to engage the space bands which are sup ported by the transfer rails and push them along said rails to the space band magazine, and mechanism for moving the line transfer slide, the second levator, and the space band transfer slide.

9. in a circulating matrix typographic machine, the combinatiton of transfer rails, a space band magazine with which they communicate, and a vertically movable second elevator having two dependinggrooved rails which, when the elevator is down, lie above said transfer rails, a space band transfer slide having an arm pivoted thereto, a spring for swinging said arm forward into operative position, an abutment adapted to engage said arm and thereby push it into the inoperative position, mechanism for moving the second elevator up and down, and mechanism which derives its power from and which moves concurrently with a part of the elevator moving mechanism for n1ov ing the said space band transfer slide.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID PETRI-PALMEDO.

WVitnesses WALTER BUswELL, GILBERT B. FAYETTE.

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